A financial crisis swept through, forcing Yan Mo to return home for a blind date. What? Over thirty and still unmarried? Is he a complete straight man? A fake marriage to fool grandpa? Is that some...
By the time Yan Mo and his group arrived at Sixiang Village, it was getting dark and late. Guan Dacheng and Aunt Wu were already waiting at the village entrance.
"Grandpa, can I go downstairs for a walk?" Yan Mo asked.
Maybe it was because she had been sitting in the car for a whole day, but now her stomach was churning and she felt very uncomfortable, as if she would vomit at any time. The air in the countryside was good, and she just wanted to go out and walk to relieve the nausea in her heart.
Mr. Si knew that the first few months of pregnancy were difficult, so he waved his hand and specifically instructed his grandson: "It's getting dark, you have to take good care of my granddaughter-in-law, okay?"
"I understand." Si Ze nodded, hurriedly opened the car door and took his wife's hand to get out of the car.
"Hey, be careful."
Behind him, he heard the worried reminder from Mr. Si. Si Ze waved his hand, and the driver understood and increased the speed a little before driving into the village.
Yan Mo squatted on the roadside for a long time, and when his stomach felt better, he stood up and walked along the country road with Si Ze.
However, before she had taken a few steps, as her body swayed, the nauseous feeling came over her again. She quickly squatted down. The most uncomfortable thing was wanting to vomit but not being able to.
Suddenly, she looked up at the field on her right and saw a pomelo tree full of golden pomeloes that looked like lanterns. Her eyes were filled with greed and she swallowed her saliva.
Si Ze still didn't understand why, and asked worriedly:
"Momo, how are you?"
"Honey, I want to eat grapefruit."
"Yuzu? Then I'll buy it for you tomorrow, okay?" Si Ze coaxed.
Yan Mo shook his head and said stubbornly: "No, I want to eat now."
Yan Mo has always been a reasonable woman who would not act unreasonable. But today she suddenly became so stubborn and wanted to get what she wanted. Si Ze didn't know what to do with her for a moment.
You can't ask him to suddenly turn a pomelo into something for her. Even if he has great ability, he can't do it.
"Si Ze, there are some over there." Yan Mo pointed at the pomelo tree laden with fruits, his eyes shining as he said, "Go pick two for me, okay?"
Si Ze looked in the direction she pointed, and sure enough, he saw the grapefruit. He then frowned. Although he grew up here, he was not familiar with who the land belonged to. So, he didn't know who the grapefruit belonged to. If he picked it rashly, what would be the point of stealing it?
He was rejecting it in his heart. He had lived for more than 30 years and had never done such a thing.
However, seeing that she seemed to really want to eat, Si Ze asked:
"Really?"
Yan Mo swallowed, but she didn't nod directly. Instead, she asked another question:
"Do you know whose grapefruit this is?"
Si Ze didn't answer. Yan Mo understood, bit his lip, and suddenly turned his head away, not looking at the tempting golden fruit.
He didn't even know the owner of the garden, so she couldn't let him steal! Although she really wanted to eat it, she couldn't say it out loud. She had just asked him to pick it for her without thinking.
"Forget it, let's go back!" Yan Mo said regretfully.
"You don't want to eat anymore?" Si Ze recalled the fruit he brought from home and said, "We may not have any at home."
"Oh." Yan Mo was even more disappointed. She couldn't help but turn her head and look at the pomelo tree again. This time she couldn't take her eyes off it.
Pregnant women are always like this. Sometimes when they want to eat something, they have to eat it. Yan Mo is like this now. Although she says no firmly, her feet can't move at all. She looks at the pomelo tree with great desire.
Seeing this, Si Ze took off his coat and handed it to Yan Mo beside him: "Help me hold it."
Yan Mo knew that he was planning to steal the pomelo for her, and she felt conflicted. She wanted to eat it but didn't want him to do that either. "Or, forget it."
Now that he has made the decision, he will not waver. If he cannot satisfy his wife with such a small request, what kind of man is he?
Si Ze said affirmatively, "It's okay." After that, without giving her a chance to speak, he stuffed the clothes into his arms, rolled up his sleeves, and jumped into the field.
Yan Mo was startled and was about to jump down as well. Fortunately, Si Ze was quick-witted and turned around to catch her. He picked her up and walked to a distance away from the pomelo tree. He gently put her down and said, "I'll go pick the fruits. Mo Mo, you stand here and don't move. Understand?"
Now they were stealing grapefruits. Yan Mo nodded in cooperation. She turned her head and looked around. No one was coming now, but there was no guarantee that no one would come after he climbed up the tree!
She could imagine that if Si Ze, who was famous in Sixiang Village, was reported tomorrow for stealing villagers' grapefruits in the middle of the night, his image in the villagers' hearts would definitely be ruined.
"Let's not pick it off! It would be bad if we were caught." Yan Mo reached out and grabbed his arm and said.
"I won't pick too many, it will be quick." Si Ze gently pulled her hand away, ran quickly to the tree, jumped, and climbed up the trunk, doing something he had done for the first time in decades, stealing fruits from other people's homes.
"Momo, which one do you want?" asked Shushang Si Ze.
Yan Mo pointed at a big, round grapefruit and shouted excitedly:
"Si Ze, I want the big round one."
Just then, a villager wearing a black straw raincoat, carrying a hoe on his shoulder and wearing a conical hat on his head came over.
"Hey." The villager was about to scold, but when he saw Si Ze's face clearly on the tree, he smiled and left without saying anything.
Suddenly, Si Ze paused and his face turned red. He felt that he had a dark history on his back, and this action was likely to completely destroy his image in the hearts of the villagers.
However, they had already come up, and his wife was still waiting downstairs. After some inner struggle, Si Ze complied with Yan Mo's request, stretched out his hand to reach the grapefruit that Yan Mo pointed to and picked it. Then, fearing that she would be greedy and want to eat it in the evening, he simply picked two more.
"Honey, that's great." Yan Mo kissed him on the face as a reward, and couldn't wait to take a pomelo from his arms, and ran out of the field happily like a child.
Si Ze shook his head lovingly and followed his wife. He was originally in a bad mood because of this matter, but he felt much better in an instant. It was worth it to make her happy. He had to go to her house in person to apologize tomorrow. When he returned later, he would ask the old man who owned the land and send the money over tomorrow.
The two of them left the fields one after the other and rushed to the Si family's old house. Along the way, Yan Mo did not give up peeling the pomelo. It took him a long time to open it, which made her stamp her feet in anxiety.
Such a cute girl made Si Ze laugh. He handed her the remaining two pieces in his hand and said, "Here, hold them for me. I'll peel them for you."
Yan Mo nodded and obediently handed the pomelo in his hand to Si Ze. His strength was not comparable to hers. He peeled the pomelo for her in a few seconds, kicked off the flesh bit by bit, and naturally fed it to her mouth.
"Thank you." Yan Mo thanked him and ate the pomelo flesh in his hand without hesitation. The sour and sweet taste immediately suppressed the nausea she felt while riding in the car. It was so delicious that she squinted her eyes.
Seeing this, Si Ze peeled off another piece of fruit flesh and put it to her mouth. She opened her mouth and put it in her mouth. Suddenly, her cheeks were filled with it.